February 15, 2025
Cartoon depicting a person questioning L&D priorities: "Why AI training for some and old skills for others?" Balancing core versus emergent skills on a budget.

Limited Budget for L&D: Should you invest in core skills or new emergent skills?

Skills Showdown: Core Values vs. Emerging Trends – Where to Bet Your Training Bucks? Employees want to keep up with the latest “hot” skills while your core business feels like it’s lacks the core skills at every level? What does the research say? It’s tempting to chase the next big […]
February 15, 2025
Book cover of "Training from the Back of the Room" by Sharon L. Bowman, offering 65 insightful strategies for effective and engaging training methods.

Book Review: Training from the Back of The Room by Susan Bowman

Before you read further Can you do a quick search about cognitive neuroscience? Write down the notes and the urls in the comments Have a quick chat with an expert on how to make learning multisensorial. Write about your own experience of how you have learned something that you use. […]
February 13, 2025
Boots image with text: "Career Development Ideas That Can Be Done on a Shoestring Budget." Explore insights from LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report 2025.

The Big Idea from LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report 2025

Want to be the darling of the employees? Become a Career Development Champ – invest in their careers. I will also share what you can do when you have NO BUDGET allocated for this. This year I got quoted in the LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report 2025 so am really thrilled. […]
February 3, 2025
Cartoon of a person on a rooftop, holding a kite, ready to pay for a higher spot. It's a fun take on economy vs. business class for everything.

What happens when there is an Economy & Business Class for EVERYTHING

We are sleepwalking into a society where money dictates access to nearly every facet of life. If you can pay for it, there is an easier option available that is priced higher than what the masses can afford. The Platinum Club is not just for frequent flyer miles. It now […]
January 24, 2025
Measuring Soft Skills

Investment in Soft Skills – expensive but hard to measure

Every organization grapples with the same talent management challenges: How do we develop employees effectively, keep costs manageable, and prepare them for a rapidly changing future? This is the talent trilemma. And surprisingly, two seemingly unrelated concepts – Baumol’s Cost Disease and Moravec’s Paradox – offer valuable insights into this […]
January 21, 2025
girl wondering

Why is higher education so expensive

Think of a string quartet: it still takes four people the same time to play a piece as it did centuries ago. But their wages rise to match other jobs, making concerts pricier. The same thing happens with music lessons. The teacher’s time is limited, just like a craftsman’s. They can […]
July 26, 2024
Chaotic Technology

Using Traditional Training Approaches for ‘Chaotic Tech’ like Gen AI, Guarantees You Will Fail

Chaotic Tech is like jazz and depends on improvisation within a rough framework. Enjoy this track that got me excited about jazz. Worker confidence in career progress is low The average worker is feeling unprepared for the future. We are entering the skills economy. The only way people will feel […]